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For the independeui - • s
• , •
Mary's Death... .: -
Ah, can it beithat,Nati dear
Sleeps with the tsiktit dead, •
- And has she gone,-ibraverSollet-,..:::'...i.
Ah, has the .eptrit,fled, t•
When yesterday her /uniting face,‘,:„ - ' ;
Beaming. with beauty rare,
.• ' .
Seemed like the bliishlnedintryiose; - •
As fresh, and bright, and fair?:
Yes; she his lek the imetuti - of Ape, - • "
ller face no more We - see;
.11er seat is hnreh • • -
And evermore - must be. •
0 cruel death, by thy cold-hand,„
Like a sweet and se - sered Hower,
Fell our young queen ofloyeliness. ,
victim of thy potter.. • • '
Her bible and her peneillie
I 'Still in the study room,
And cad as in amourning
The paintings weara gloom..
11ow lonely seems the long, long day,
Since she no more is here;•
Peep sorrow fills the sinking.heari
And starts the moistening 'tom
1 But hark ! a gentle valet hi heard,"
'Tis like the - zephyr's•lnenth:-:.-
" Weep not for me, mymoninhigfrienda,
Nar e'er regret my death. '
l're left a weary, troubled world, . •
For realms above the sky,
Where happy angels sweetly Bing; •
Where pleasnres.neVer 4ie. - •
=son, 1853. - - -
. . .
, • A Dream -Piaui . •
1 sr T. wEsTwooe. '
' ,Ify eyes make pfettires wfien they' tire elluf .".
F+e lay asleep in the , shadow
1,1,9 f the branching palm, - hy•the side
0 the noble river that rolls for ever
..
Its broad - " abounding!!' tide,
Through the heart of Eapt's sanda,.amid. .•
Rid tomb and tetnple and pyramid. . ... -., •• .
:l
~I, • , . . .. , . .
e slept in the palm-tree!, shadow, •
And over her shoulders fair, -..
1...1ke the sunset's glow on... Alpine snow,
'Lay the web of her golden hair;
And ever, as fair and freely ' 2
'Her bosom rose and fell, ' • -',
I*m its white crvs one wandering-tress
!Stole forth, as , if to tell:: -... ' ;
T 1 ata dearer sound than the river's,
~.•
• jpr the wind's in the*uving tree, •
TM Ott and flow, die-tome and go,
Tie wise of that eager heart,l:telow, -
` ghat throbbed so tender's:..
6. she lay asleep in the shadow - ---
, - )f the branching palm, but afar; ' -
~21
Hy-thought roved free., in its fantasy,
Beneath a.northern star. . •
..-Vlti ever a happy smile wool(' throw ' •
O'er lip and cheek its gleam,
At,,d ever she murmured soft and low,'
l'tS a cooing done; in her dream-- - '
"Oh! joy, for the rest and the laver, wont'
• ,Pear home, I've sought thee long; •
Oh; the bonny burn, how it leans in :he sun ".•
- And the dirostle; how sweet its song!"
the sunny
In 'the ainnv South ft ro4x,g l ißis
„i„,, ..-,
• ..:.,..„..4 caw ..,, _ ,
TL", red flamirigo,triching slow
lis 'butting Nabian way.'
..,
TI4 droning Yawl-wheels gave out
their sad and sighing sound; . . . .
Atwar was hoard the Arab's shoat,.
.iittol trooping camels round,
'N.,;ath the spreading tree,' browstd placidly
On the grass of the shady ground..
Mit the Golden Orientswaved no more _
the Oeeper's soul, for afar •
Ihi'r thought loved free, in its fantasy,
Rencath the same told star. •
..ted ever the happy smile would throw
'O'er lip and cheek its gleam,
..vlid ever she murmured soli and low, -:.
Its a cooing dere, in her dream-- - : .
" egt ! joy, for the rest and haven-won!
ear home, I've sought thee long:
ith;!- the chime of the bells, how soft it swells
.'ror the heathery hills and windy fells, •
'And the throstle how sweet its song!"
AdFifor rne, that dream, tuabroken§ --- '
).`o jarring changeiamb know;
Bvildm-might of a spell, no tongue can te ll ,,
.iiy . soul ;loth - keep it so. .
Front the swarm of shifting shadows,
From tbe memories dark and fair,
I tarn afar, to in youth's bright.star, •
1 - 1 p the.tista of years,- and there.. - - -
I see: her still, in her beauty, ' - '
'Il re
the.branching palm, by the side
Of royal river that rolls forever • •
Its broad "abounding" tide,
Thrbugh the heart of .gupt's sand, amid .
Re. tomb and- temple and pyramid. ~. .
flies sketeilets.
l oin a California Monthly Xagazine.
'LE CHASE ON THE PRAIRIES.
LSTE
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first of Jtinc, 1849! .` Six- year.. ago !
langer than fiction'. it seem, that on
intilVersary of that eventful day, after
i t _. all the vicissitudes of experietiee,-
tng the compass oflife"s !..tormy sea;
k:ng [minds - "with. every extremity- of.
ll Aould- be seated'at last its .thi.; qui
!' wactutai the 'hufn -of thar-Anighty
licit Was then . the ..goal of our hopes.
ne:; the:Witd freedourof the illirnita l 1
iF4I , ext:hailged fir , the'etnifines ',Of a'
'.,rtic e ; my knorti4 charger discarded
laid art
char; . the badge of the. pio-
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a , kle,..for! a. more peaceful but might
ort., this gray - goose: quill."' :ll' ".
..
Six long years of / item experienee,,
wanderings, of ever 7 ehenging, never
ioil and turinoil, have changed:the
'i the mail '-- the youthful 'romance Of
i.')eipated .ete4ent into'the'sterti, fixed
:Il t ,. the. utilitarian views of the slave . :
4S:i. But' have all their stormy vit7...
'1
and wild exeitemente ..blotted. froth.
; the fearful inetnorie;',-of that terrif...
scene, lohg ago,. when'the tyro of wilder.
h es , firzi l t lto,ked Iron: Death? .Ali . ,:nO F. /Oil'.
sliis,stxth anniversary of that meniorableday,
Ct,e thronging ineint.rieg Of that fearful- . hour`„
-crowd thick upon me. ' The first sudden mo- .
alent oflwiltialarin ;- that terrible - warbixip,
liar , tin fifty savage throatai-ther-reck,
;el..s des . ion, : the thrilling-excitement of
thht wild chase:of .eight -miles, 'with'fifty _
_painteernotia - painted inq oh theirleild..,
.
~,: :.tans; appalling. the . fear. as.-the sweat
gathere on the flanks - Of,iny flying gray , and
. 14 : f'. lol '. flewrfrOM.:.bia bisvinrinustriJN lest.
Li- ,tret 'gth and, bottom =5ta1t.4 4 : 1 4 01,7 4e-in in:* -
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dire extremity.; and,,abotie.4.l4 the exulting
thrill oflgratitude and rapture iifienHlthe white:.
wa - g ,, a:tO:ps.of.tny mairadeit hairelti,A4t As.
Ice fiew,lOver. the sunitnit id,tii.-yittilgll,:gist,
ki
~ v ided .is from s afety ., safety, am:lilts. Wil4. - 4 0 114:4i
...lc hatiled horde burst oa mYlStartk4)Sra.'
. —4, al come. back ; nothing : is'
..(ulvtteni,-.,
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unspeakable revulmini ,of.:feelinc
*ten ink. frightened steed rustied.intii-eitinKl
ttria,• hii duty done, his pcnFers-'eximistvdv,
Qt. 'l. , pelalintrst lifeless - t 6 the;earth,iii.-Iriel..i
V:: illitlll the riddle and fervently thanked tt&i"
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dive of us, Weary: Wanderera, , Over-..thtiE-.trackl; -
i44a,pFaitiest, Were.. day:aiter i 44.,and-mtintlr
after ; ramp t it; - toiliag". Janward`ttn t , this distant d,nfrold t. .lthosi Infty, , ,,sierraaand 'suminer
phdtta ;NOM( *dwelt-petered. to: 'their, : eternal'
embrace o.•mans, a.. trtember, 01, that , pliant:.
:y,i,!ilthcall:4o.; , ,,it..wasi-e ! undxy in the wilder=
Passi f :o4 e'a'sil! , :illi .torralio,V. o o.t.he hanita'-
,tlm s- Tlaittta,B4 l llo; 1 4..! , 04tw, 4 ?1 1 tnnles seats:
,- ..4.l l troatlCk . ..i 4 ticUli.i. cropping the vititt!
givOis itudel. ; the ...Wittcitfttl vigilance: . uf- thel
sguard. , :-. f/, ne.of theparty- were -hathing in
the dear •stream,. • some - cooking, mendini
Ow lies,.wa4firig.Jottriging,' , .iiir smoking, and.
Alenjoying, to.. the; full- a ~ gltiriOns sunshiny;.
y.Of rest - .aid :.indolence,; whets some eril s ,
k . s pot•st e
ssi.4 me. a :midden desire tO!
~ ' the-firstrof the-party to slay the - ions; ex
.
min4 c
! . p, led. IlatttFaliti,' , litt animal -ire had .-nut .. .yeC
eneounteredi but Whieli now hegari..tA.),be the'.
C,livstal . )t.the'ne ~.of,conver-sition -1; lid einijec , .
titre. • .seve . I.pithe boys were hunting tor-: ,
keys in the - argin of the. timberiwhiebskirt ,
4d i the tiver,:so that when .1 . saddled , up -my
-:.st,,vd,anct i wlth toy title. at. my :4 - Idle-bow s '
start ed .44- .to' ,the, n.;-.i.thwiuti, the few -.who
.01seryed,mydeparttire exchanged:kly• winks'
atimy prob4ble . .diqippuitrtmei it ; but.;nerer
dri.ained of the. thrilling advertt are; that I was
soliashlY rushing into. Althomili ',We knew
_that we iwere•about the confutes •iif the Paw.
tte . Territor 6, and. had indeed been • warned, l
•
blyia'curittoy k.f,t rappers., whom We had *met
hut-..a.feW days previous returning', for - their
, distant Wintering ground. in the- inountainns,
,that. the 'war !parties'ivere.uut, yet,: confident ,
In ttur..netsshers and the' entire inability of
otrr.unpractieed -eyes- to detect !MY! traces of
thein. We had attributed the well-liteant warn-.
.
init ofthikold i .mou ntaineers rather to a spirit .
i - if, tiews-niimgering. than any thinelelse, and
.ritther,despised:those wild.
.BedOnins. of .the'
. In4iriet of who& we had heard solatuch, but
(ladies..yet: failed to see. -,-„. -, . . ! 1 i ..
1 • Far away ,Over the beautifitiV i i unaulating
.
l'ind vernal bosom of. the tmr.kless! prairies I
tiode gently along; on - the.qai rite i for .any.
:indications of the, object:of-my iik4..4 e ,,,-, but,
i
tho.whiljeagerly scanted the hnrir.Ori as I pro-.
eilec
I. i ',., - . .
T c not -aiitviug oeingmet my eyc except .
t (4w shy inielopes, wir.se wary .caption and
titiii:k 'perception rendered ' them irnpossible •
'of apprf?ael ttpon the open prairies.! Far as
theivismit coaldxetteh . nought bUt a inonot,-
diniti sly undulating surface of ger' itlyi swelling '
atid, naked "hills, covered only by itbu buffalo
grass
,and finWers of every ..hue,._ extended . 'in
every directitai towards the far horizim,where
the ,blne sky iif'sninmer kissed tli4 di,tnit
liilli,..glOwingi.in the fresh verdure, k 4 the ail
tranleitp4.,steon , : ' . 1
. ,
A t 'true -
l. with the voieeless solitud e of this
in/trodden' deiert,' I rode slowly althig, lazily
inu4inakm the warige vieissitvciqi,ifillh: l l l ti?cl..
7 ----- —•-.,, • 1.1. is
t+ this Wil&seene,'aAd had almost •imp e r c i. ll -
111.4 Y placed someseven or eighi, Miles be-.
tiveo tile and, camp, when far , in, theidistance
directly in ti.ont of the, I discornedfa column
ordust Whieh,l a s I supposed, - tetOice ed the .
In
lung desired; buffalo. Away
,ivent -:LOmance
a;r Ireflection. , l : ThcFardur of the !Mr ter took
i4sseSsian .or Me, atid., : hastily . looreuing my
'pasulda and glancing at my rifle7s kick, I struck
ailurs to myl steed and galloped forward, new
er dkulititig'ttnit - the opporwnity .0 ardently
6veted. wasinOW atlhand. . i 1 .
lOthroing dawn the hill and 'across the in
, is .. .
,e i rienieg valley I rose another gently swel.
!ling troll of'thC prairie, and, as I . g:iined _the
Stinnaut, again the moving 'clond of dust met
1 - 1 'y gaze, and this time considerably nearer,
land,* I closel y - regarded:tit; I 'per&ived that
t . !iiits r4pidlyi. approaching; arid 1 began to
iscq?,rn the Ba4hing- of bright , objtiets gleam
..out frorn. its Obscurity. ' This l i ooked less
,e ;buffalo, and as the object, Whatever it
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,
night be, Continued to approach, I halted for
,Si better vieW, and was net long in making
'Out a large band of mounted Indians, their
isnuel white shieldsand burnished lance heads
glauCing brightly . in the morning him.
I - Still, however, I scarcely - thought of Paww
hiesi but suppbsed it might be, sotne bunting
jiarty of friendly Pottawatomies or Sioux;
nod tit all events, knowing the inttle and
powers ..if myorse, and having a retreat at
pleafures I tho u ght I incurred no great risk
bY waiting foria more hatifactury inspection.
Gradually erase the broad expanse of the
praiiiie,They grew nearer' and -nearer, now
[ ploiairing; firm-view likerossing some co n .
84 hollow, find - again displayed in bold re
lief against theiskv as they surromilited ...tune
Pronlittent ridge. -
A 4 length thi:ir distance,. was diminished to
1,,.
leisthan it quarter of a mile, and. thinking S
dote acquaintance utideserable,' I cornet my
ho • 's healtwilth a view of riding -moderate
lyitirds
.wimp till they , should . manlies t .
sunie design to pursue the; when 'my:vine
the. drill of horror -which e;urdleti my Mood
as I saw two smaller parties in my rear, gal
.from • ,
iopmg together. i eiter sid ei to cut off my
retreat s and heard the terrific yell Which all
threelitnised its.they saw their wily manicu ere
discoivered,"and that further silence would be
uiel i,
N mist the main body had continued to at
tract my, .atteltion by advancing conspicuous-
if . io and me, these.two parties hp& taken ad- '
ran ofof the tmeterous )lollows,' which at
et.)
time bad renmetled them:;`:temporarily , from
view, to diverge, and by a wide circuit s at-
tent ty tear, 1, greenhorn 1 that 1 was,' never 1
Area ing of tihis common ' 7 Indian Stratagem i
while. tupidlylvgarding the fi rst and only
obj • which,h4d.attrateli qay gaze, Rut was
there s not yet , tiMet :The - two intercepting
pa ' were :rapilty - ixinnittging toward* the]
line :my retreat s and were' :already within
a . quirter , of it mile of each !Ottic;:w)lile i was
not,- t 'orso than half :that distance from the-!,
cent - The main body-with afear fi ll whOop,
dash on to: Close -toe 'in;' My heriie -, -, was
fleet and true, but he . 'was' also-- trsiiel : - -siorn
and fitigued4 ..ifflur long could • be: iiiitance
those wild coarkera of the desert evenif i en:-
taped. the ' immediate daitgeq `' ikft there!
L waslio time itd.' deliberate. i •NOW.:),or never
' was the chani3e.- 'Attother amnion'' , irbuid_ be
ton - late.Gtatiting my :rifle with:-4 - firtner
clutch, and reassuring with 'caressing winds
the , ' steed, who alone'doeld - save:
;ruts ftioni. a bortifile fate, I made a tooht dash
for the lintriill 'which still separatedfthe'de ,
it
'"0 . 'Partitio and upon ' We:it they inerainp-:
Adv.' g. - y . :' ..-,,,,' ._,.:-- i ,::. . ,VA:.
No lith4allant stained responded tc‘ibe
calk likiertilig*lth terrir at the wild abOuts
of - .si iihrisherii, trembranein in: *wiry '' limb"
with. - 2ttteetitit'ortuuesertidint,liedolied
bet werti the;approaching hordes within
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hundred yards .
of, s - on 'either kand.'.. N A
Vie - energy of d6tptilt• ii. rasPed - :tite Saild le
'4lth:thy knees Mid. bent-forward to assist his
flying:.' eeuese. On; • - b n l.towardi the - o nly .
hope' of safety; , fifty • yelling deinons - -b.srd ups;
'tin etfrAriteks, theit-'hltikrts• end'iiiiery :fly- -
. i , . .
id,: in the wind,' onWitid ;we sped pursuers:
ehd. pureuek over the broad expanse of that
IWil . irie ocean: •.. : : 1
• I Soon the fleetness and 'blood of my' Mer: .
lean eonreer•beg,an Ad tellsn the . enduring- but
sloweiqooted s tnustangS of the Initigns, - Soirte . .
of the• Worst mounted were gradually - drop..
.ping to the rear, and af4r running two or
three miles they were . strltng out in itionm
!the behind- me. • Grad hal ly 1 slack enett s peed " , .
fur I well knew that the • bottom. and endur
ailee•Of:lndiau horses,ifteenstoined to traverse
irnntense distances atla single: stretch, rs al,
ttiest without limit, and many -a, long mile
eitiS still -before us. Again they would di...
tninish the distanee; and *again 1 was Ohligt!ti
to urge my jaded. steed, t.il his- best efforts.—
Bbt I was beginning.to Ihreathe freer, the-fir.SC
startling _alarnt -was iii- - er, half ' the :dishinee
•yee*areomplislied. • If tnylgallant grey Could
Init. maintain hi,. treinCmlous exertions for
filer miles more I was saf, Once in Fright , )i ',
H eimp and the proden&-•of;rny wild• pursuers I
'whidd glance but one: 1 at, the eighty AMerl;
cab rifles w hi c h . ,wkitilifigiCam from -behind
i .
oar 'wagon - wheels. : i . ; --
. . I
- • 1 was now . &seen/1;14 a long haft gentleln
, elbuition towards a brhad level depression in I
. tin• prairie which sprelid oat about a couple ,
of!hundred yards w;ii: :it its base: My sat- 7
air pursuer , were for'a knimient Mit of sight
behind the ridge., had itist k:rossed. I reAch...
edi the foot of the hill at full speed ;. My steed
-pliinged forward - on what seehied hard ground;•
anti, 0, despair I sank br;hli; belly in as treach
ery:us-swamp! Ala .1 ran the gathering years
:011 fliturity ever hloti, fr l pm my memory
the despair of that awful, moment ? How far
this: seemingly impassable i barrier' extended
upltindklowii the - ri3.-tilk whieh divided it I
eolld tint guess. A tertifie yell Imrst from
the exultant warrior's as they appeared over
thikirest of the ridge and rlecofolized the di
let litta they had too truly anticipated. Ter
rib?e 11-ars chilled my WOO. In that brief
in:line:it, as the wild saVages came charging
.i dun the hill, two tiltuotis thoughts of home
an friends, mingled with th e bright antieioa
tio i
ft
s, so long cherished, of {t golden future in
the land of promise, carne thronging in wild
collusion through , my teeming brain. There
t ra • o re hope left, de7;perate HA it •seemed . ;
but; there -was no time Mier ; deliberation, no
opportunity for Choiee. -41',i4an,:e wasinad
n4. l• might &emit': through, and; at all
evdtits, sta.:cation Or c;iptiric.' in the bog was
no il / 4 Co ' rse than instantaile.hisilestruetii.n where.
i •
I wag.. Dashing the roW '
ela i into the, treinb: . -
linft sidinal; I madly ureletil him forward.--...
The soi I, though coveredi with ?errs and ap-•
?Ca% • it..,l . "‘l'ajl - 11$ -),.,4„ ii.. t eNiYietrg` - ;:l'iM"f „ r
an instant taling liiins.lf on some harder
- spot. then sinking to ids saddle girths, urged
-.`by hay frantic exerlions, tel - rified - almo-ze 1.:
frenzy hs the nip:Wing %Jells of the rapidly
apt4haching, enemy and Zliois which began to .
whikl.-around us, .the noble animal toiled
631hutly on and gained th firm bank just as
theldtisky forms of ow Piii-;:hers, infariated
at the possible loss of their Prey; were clus
terib, on the opposite side, heelang a fts-or
, • 1 '•
alibi :spot to follow. 1 . -
Their deliberation saved ore. .Ic rrepiired
a'sq•ong control of rett.:ou to walk my faing
hdrie slowly op• the hill While the induces
wet}. floundering after me through the swamp.
tightly judged that at little- breathing
time would not he .rated hitn. I turned
the :summit of the hill ju4ni; the - discomfited
Indians were - beginning d,rawl out, of the
ho=t and again pitting Spurt. :to m y jadel,
horie, once Mote we sprungi forward in that
mad race
over
life or dea th . Onward we
rushed, over hills and valfey, across streams
audithmugh ravines, in headlong flight., put.-
allots and pursued.
The Wilber which Inailied the- camp grew
niorr,e - and more distinct; now for a moment
cotn)eale . d by an intervening hill ; and again as
z'we flew over its summit • ri+in. , 4 nearer. and
- clearer to view. My horsvas rapidly fitil
ingli-greal flakes fOani liou!. from his no nub.
Coyred with [rind and dienX..l.with sweat,
he grill, however, toiled gipiantly onward,
spitrining the wild• of 'the 'prairie with- his
flyin 11644. Tut the.goal *as nearly won.
Oh?" if he eould hothold his p'ace - a little
loci r! The.tireloNs 'lutist:kis of the Lodi-
•gle... A . tiIT I t.V. i., .. . _„=i . .
Ml'4, imy inaiiih for his fleet litillet! in a l'ihrt
stret t ch„ now exhibited their lwonderflil pow
-ers yf eildaninev. Onward lhey 3-,wept a fter .
us with undiminished taPeed, -their tintzhorn
mans.: .111(1' sweeping tailsi trOntrlng with the
fl ow i ng drapery of the wild rider:; and flying
out upon the wind. - • 1 • ! •
The fitnliered batik.: of-tli .. 'IA ttle :Blue,'
whit. l ll- I had-so earnestly hinged fOr, had been
for sinne . nioments einieviiedi by a long bitt
gently sweiliii . g.aseent, the so molt of whirl .
1 wak approaching. .11 trim there: the white
wagon: tit our camp should lte 'visible over
the uninterruptiA. plain 11 should yet reach
theci : •.' Bot, - oh ! if ant.itlii.r. (ft the, iiiterinina-':
ble pdges should intervene!l, Nry,poor horse
.Was lin his Itts.tkg , .., :BO tot perish 'in sight
of safety, to he taken.within V i iew:of the camp
by these implacable savages ! lfy . brain
teemed with these maddening•dotibtE. as I
i
neared the spot which Was tdd b eeide my fate,.
land trembled with eagerness fur the view
.
whic.. might consign me to de's,paii..
1 e •
i l l
ared the snmtnit ' anot;her botin - d•.,and
`we Were over,-.Mid were llying with faltering
steesy down a long gentle inclination which
serep), away in gentle und u tation4 to the I.
'e . 4 . fop timber, still about; aitnile ahead. :1
strained, My- •eyes . fOr - intii4tichii of My ..corn'..
• rade4 ; and` oh ! rapture' iiiispealiable !. fat`
::liWay, r l but Aireetli'befOrelmei'n4itling at the
"bas Of the long' - dark line of :cottonwood, in
• fail I, : ':I I ei! , ' - o f the.patiting. f u gitive, loomed up
"the white envie of 'tents 'andwagon - tops : ---
deargi.,.- . .t4,#1 . y . tonging g.. 14 04 1 4 . to the,des e - ri ,
WOrn!pilOim.the loTtynilnari,tis, and' inarble - •
fidieps of pastern - story; ! ,l' : "' '- .- ' 4 ,
`• . AithOtii 'Of ' trio:no and diultation - horsk
friimltny, lips_:":! disco v ered 1.. w,k3ivme , ,
: .i,:,44:ind ft.0 5 ::04.ed t h e tU(leof,:my:deliyeri , . ;
. iike i' , ..l . lnoked bush: , One 4ter another, the
. livag - ,. , ,...1im'e..ikK0 . 10 . 44, over tpe . .ridp, Rkess,
big 'OW with' the
. .••wildfOry‘ Of 41S-apionnteti
• •iiite:'‘ - 13tietheitprit A-A ,etitO•eyfi 4i: l 4 .. oi:talc 4 '
- iii tivs,:7)Wiitiy-','pifdpd . oile r- id - tit: another .
4)Pt*itj#o4.l4o. o gl" st e:o 40 3 4 gazed trith
. lieffittrieruitiglity:uftei,tlieli,re)rOetect tirWtifi
. ',...''BUt, liwits %itv.edli,::C;tiy;eted:ittlifnarn and
'. BWeii,niiiipltiiOe:fir*rver li(tist lute camp;
: and;'lnft•lafiriiii rrovu-'the saddle into ihti
midst of fify:stallit..l owlinidel:, with a 4 ,, rozi I i
,f
.
:'quivering to the
rrhe'fitithful - crcat re had tolled to the ast;
lie had &fie his' he t povQ.ari'irere';'lt;
.fhauSted . , and,..yieldid% at Jut tolutter' rOstra-T
ton, h e stretched hi weary . bs 'upon the'
'sward; and . 'lthough that the last ntcetifiny'
''gallant grey:was How Vntirathi him
rOtigt, that long hOw I Covered him
mk, own, store blanket's
hum carefully 'and...allittiiinali with,' grass and,'
ater, hOvr-'4. trudged along, on fot day after
aY• for 'the rai4tt
ca
weidisiand 'led' and
herislied him as carsruf as - a .fCcbte' Child, t
b
IntN;C not time to tell, but, althOtiArtnany
pale ht carried me in after days over .these
,ifreary 'desert., andi many . ' a time brought
ine along,4de the flying buffalo in his,rnad ca
teer, yet never again• did he On an Agin
ft-tile steeple chase again,t'the field, with fi fty
Untamed coursers of,the desert for his com•
petirors and fifty . painted-warrh rs yelling in
.his rear.
. From Bizarre.'
• BEY AND INACDONALD. t .
All reatlexs . ofliistory know th: t Napoleon's
inarshiLl. were a body of men, w o, agit.whole,
diffe Ca from mid towered • abo e ibcsmajori
(A' of other men , io very much t e sauna man-
ilL.•r, if lot, ill the sane extent,
ham hitivielf.
In
Bret, I have niwnys ester . .
the u l ost delnun,trative proofs
Or''s peer!e , s genius, that he. sc p
litet, out ft he pi rohltsi serni-Onw
precisely those individuals wb
shbserve the special purpose furl
4itired them.
To the kindlier,• softer .Napole o nreclineo
ra, ers,
rely:gave expression in wordsTthough their
deco-is was plainly enough visilih,3. in his lace.
But to his approbation of heroiekiediti; or his
admiring sympathy, with high qualities; ho
did give verbal, though - . briefeipressiori,:fol-,
l4wed umally,by some rriore_tan ible and-ert*.
daring thketi of his *good- will:: An 'advance
iii military rank, or the cross, ofithe' Legion of
llonor, or, may be, both, often were bestoix.
ed, on the very battledield, upon! the:sab.offi
.
qr, or even the private soldier, who . had
aiNeyed some specially daring or distinguish.:
ad act ' tifiderhis - eye*. No - won tler, that ar.,
tities were invincible and irresistible, who
Were moved by such in - sag:it - 4)l4'as these:—
No wonder that- such soldiers wlere enabled
t 4 make one moderate-sized country, (or ma
ny successive years,* the arbitres and - dicta
tress of the European con tin en t, With it.s va.st
li Md. - numbering millions.
Among all his chieftans, I think Ney and
%Antall were held by the Emperor in
kofounde.st respect._ now it Might have
lien bad not Kleber and Desaix beenJiiitlio:.
ly*ent on; of cOnrse,l cannot tell. . i ' know
did Napoleon put a cry high estimataupon
th'o soldierly abil,itics of bothtbse chiefs=
"t lil' i r l'' '' d - I- ""'" * "" !' ers i' " `.
?...
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a_i la le vv.} , t n
y Invelitt a 1.11C14 1011
_ , .
1B li t,., as the case stilod, Nev ttiiil -*Macdon
ald were the two leaders most respecte*d by
thkr master; -and 1, think, moreover, that
.N:ey would him stood "primes flitter pares "
evr,en had the two deceased generals survived.
;ln rriaitv other points dissimildr, Ney and
- I . l ifacdonard had one qualitrin cdmmon, and
thitt in an extraordinary degree] Speaking
figuratively, ii i_ the* hinder head of each was
deposited a lump of iron, even bigger than in
thht of Napoleon himself; which being :inter
-1 prided means, that they posse-fsed a *resolute
ndss, &determination, a tenacity of purpose,
a iitubborness of endurancii, or a duality corn.
bluing all these, if there is any difference he:
i
tween them, • which - made- ` . ,b4king * out"
frito what they had : undertaken, or even hes
-1
,- :
dating to go forward in a path they had en=
I
teed upon, a thing to be submitted to on in
' allocable necessity alone. ' •
iThis'apislity-in them was no
i passive principle, but an active a
th 3• could communicate the salt:
ciis:of magnetizing process, to the
thi.ir command. Whether. it w
skivrly ahead,.With bayonet; fixed},
out returning a shot, in the face 'r
AO musketry ; vomiting incessan
est of death-dealing balls upon : tl
masses; or whether it was to -staff
leis and •be delugingly stormed!
same-
.missiles, or dashed againstl
:site furious whirlwinds of cuval,
this troops.under the command MI
wre, in the one case, a rock mm,
the titb, , r, a rock °stationary—in
inyenetrable and invervieu3 to al
e the single one that bade the
Or,ln the. oral:lry
stand still
- .
.
leaders could hold men tinder fcre
so! firmly, asNey. and Mae:Ion:114
A. - rnost, thrilling, and, I may
e':(4mple of this, was presented in
great: coin inental battles.
was Ordered, wit
Inidv of infantry, to assaultrand -
br'ettk. the Auustritin Centre. (This,
erif of history know, was one of
ftorite maneuvers, which,
failed of being suecessful.)
Macdonald nt once nitrXhalle4
commanded - them to fix bayonets,
ar
furwewith them. was p
•_
.dertaking, for the Austrian fort..2S . were ar
tang4.xl in half moon shape, the twb hOrns of
the creseent•being pointed toward ourarmy.
Of course, the centre was the most- distant
191.irion of the Austrian. army, and our force,
in ',order to reach it, Were obliged, for a great.
mit. of the way; to sustain a front fire and a
cross fire from the two wing's. ItiwaS a•Ca.c
similar to the recent charge of the t'Sii Hun-.
fired" before Sevastopol. - ' i •
- 0/t.passing between the two Vring4, the
carnage bet•upo horrible. - Incessant carmen,
bobmings and musket rattling,' fro n the frmt
and from either side ; men droppin by scares
ev . Vry instant, and our ranks ciosin,.. ?cooly up.
aino moving steadily onward;;,
with ut tiring a.
.refurn aar uttering a - sound—it wie a pecta•
de that made .the beholder's heart s -beat fast,
• - inii his breath come thick F The leader's
"re* - o'f panmand or cheer was oeciiiionally
heard, clear, and !sonorous and netremulous
tivever, and each successive sound of It was
like an additiOnal blow stricken tipbn tid:bot
, Iriintniking them firmer, more•iMperiious
''and impregnable ormood. - -- -
While yet some distant short- c
I: ll mied att,the
Marshal paused.in i
poOked back; A shocking spectliel
..
view..... - ,A. long long line of prostrate men—the
,clettcl, the dying, and . the writhing, groaning,
1 wounded--.w; seen strewing thickly the
ground, Irma the spot where he siciod to that
1 kiln'. which he bad started.. it loiiked absci
, luttly.like a road paved with mangled, bloody
human IhiJies . . Ile looked at his 1: - ,mks and
. .
~ - •
noted' hat they 'wan `grievously` -- thinned '
Sca
'oil
rce, f . theiorignud nainber7,reirialit .'' , '
-'
',Per 'on'ee"'h!ii 4 ,iitt:ef - bears Well 'nigh :ga z
Ve,Way,
and hil'iiiaa' abnnt.' tin - order - ti - hurrying, , re- L. ',
treallßdt, -- 4 nietnent'later; hiss native mOod.
ritiinietlf the troops poured in one crushing'
Volley,land ensiled on .with the'beytinet ; 'in •
less than inrenty,mintitesthe enemy's centre,
was bktiteti; - ,kri,d'llii''4o 6 kir.TY.-Iras in ha. -
`t r y,•iind,OlsOrderly,,reireat..:;, - .- ;.: -' T .- --•` .
At - AVas a superb and :1700V itittaliedeha44,.
and I .doubt whether - attother'generat;ihthe'ar-
My; 'With the i Sol e exception i,:iflstei:, i.,.,Onid, 4
long'lue,v - e'lleld his men amide fins deadly,.
and
,tinder suchhdiffieult cieeninatanees. - .;
; r . ey 'int ia!havidoife it. - Re" had - dime like :
thins, repeatedly; But never didtliisindont,'
'itable
,firtunass, . this - iron - resOlutien,'„Coni§ : - .
Out so - .letntipiettimely as in the 1 - fatal :retreat
Petit - lioseoW. There' w as,
in , truth, roost.,
desperate' need of it... Napolenn acted. With,'
his 'woitted judgement when he made 'Nei
Cotrntaider of his rear-gatird, ',though_ it is
quite 'probable he supposed be ,Wa4 thtis Sae
rificing iris favorite marshal. 'But whether.
~.any - of the . twiny eStped, 'dePerdecly in (telt on
t his . ,:eear-guard; - and he kiteW thisleaderWould,
:de all that rnyrtad main CoulddO for the ben
' irfit of tie whee: ' . :: • . -.'„ .t
.
I And "6 di perform ;ilmnst more tluitinio-,
till dee s.' Day a ft er day and 'night aft,ir
nig , ,i a a .reezing, starving, su ertng iatu i „
ht.' . 11 f • ' -'ir t - tut,.
lie
he keptiat 1.4 ten or fifteen times the num
ber-of'ell supplied,' well 'appointed trintp4,
burning to - revenge there erves i ,', on :the, - de.:
tested . pes who had desecrated' their natal
~•
soil. I • 1
. 1 . I need not detail the.history tho s eof dayS
andnilts, fir all - reading persons are famil. -- 1
ihr with it. Its inaidents seem mare like fiti-- -,
tion than Grit'; and that he 'should have beei l i
41,1, to /ireak 'through and.s
,isemonni-sup.h'ida
staeleS„ so: as knally to rejoin' Napoleon, ap p
pears4leshbrt of miraculous. , :
one 1
-, If any tioidd have saved Napoleon froni
the fatall disasters of Waterloo, Ney was that
one. But it Was not . so - "writti4, l ' . ' ; '
1 With this granite fi rmness, Ney combined
%'4ery mt eh 'of the. fi eri'entliusiusto and eii
i
t em e e4eitability of - Sin rat. ' Ile had . lit tie,'
if at Ull, 'less power to set a 'body Of - troops on
!hone, than the . latter, and to impel them fo.-
r
ward with silt 'impetuosity . •whieli nothino
cOuld withstand., ;
,
. To . 11114 combination be had the- advantage'
or MitedOneld.; The' latter.cottld, like the fir+
Mer, - hold his; Men •- ftst 'in' the 'very free;
of death,l but. he &mid not enkindle in thein
that enthusia.sitt which would make them wix4,
peril 113 a bride. - . ' i.
, . s
'iNey'sllitte is cemiliarly known. ' it was*
infarnotbi deptiito execute 10 1 ~ ..;ii • - • .!
...,- ssa.. oeeo-mpen in t e serviec i
. hire whom ._
of sus country, unocr
had elected as a ruler. It has left an , iticieli.i
hie blot an did escutcheon of all concerned in
1 i
t
it. ' 1. ;
.
did Napo
ed it ono of
ilthe Enver-.
s Wu. to se
.
aggregate,
aaregate,
b could best
which hu re,
From China-American and English En- ; !
. . gagnments with Piratr-s. -_ . l
- i The Vashiligton Union of Saturday_ liasl
the follotring : I _
i
• ; Advices.have been rece!red by the St • =crel
fare of the Navy from th 3 East India squad-;
•inn,"dated Hong Kong,. August 8., 1855.-1
An engaiemerit had taken place on the 4th',
ot . August bet Wee n. divisions . of boats frinni
the Unifed. States steam frigate. Pottiketan
end her British. Majesty's swain. sloop Rat-;
tier, Cornniander William A. Fellows; and ai
lar e fleet of piratical • junks - whichlhad• in-;
1. ed the neighboring waters, and 'commit
ted extensive depredations on commerce fin.
sOnt€ tithe past. The Powhataies boat expe-•
dition was in Command of Senior Lieutenant;
R. B. Pegram!; that.Of the TtattlerWas corn-,
manded by COmmand6r William 4.Fellosis
hiniself.l . 'The' fight. was severe, and ended
in a ceipPlete rout -or the pirates, C:iiptiiin
'Fellows having engaged a large war junk with :
hi'S gig's crew: and : five musketeers, ,Lieut: !
Rolando - ie.-A:n(3110 his assistance, and captured
the junk py bOarding tier, after encountering'
a :hand-to-hand resistance. - 'firinediately af
ter her eapturti, she was bloWn up by one of
the pira ical crew; who, fighting courageous
ly; was preecLbelow s - and is sitppoSed in his
desperation to have tired a train winnunica
tilt Nifty the !magazine. The effects • were ,
most.diSastron4 ; , capsizing the 'Rattler's . gig,
1 blowingbaptaln Fellows overboard, togeth
er with tiontenant-Thilaindo and a number of
the Pewiiiitan'i Men, killing two and severe•
'ly; wounding others, One of, whom *as since
- died...Pirivate Adamson, one of thy ; marines;
. who had foughti gallantly during the day,was
shot severely 'I?! the groin,atter being.one of
the first to gain the enemy's' deck.: Many .
is - stances! of intliVidital gallantry and
. daring
are detailed, in the report which. we have
neither the tinie nor the room -to-notice.—
merely a
yie also, and
by a spe=
men under
to move
(, and with
of ,artillery
tly a temp
heir -serried
i nd motion
on by the
!by sucees
ry •
eharge4,
eitivfs
ing, And, in
either case
influences,
11 move or
'hrase, " no
r lo long and
'n •
.ad, awful
One of the
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Great praase is, given in . the . report to alt who
participated in the mgvernent. - the
action, tell amotintin a ,, on , un aver;
age. sixteen or eighteen guns of fromsixty to
pounders, were burned, bloivn up,
and7destrvyed. junks and loreliits. Were
capthred,l one of which, being agrdund, was,
,burned. I . The others were rt.-placiSi under
convoy of the : xagkt, a steam tender. Six:-
teen -Smaller junks make their, escape. - The
exact number - et pirates killed, wiitinded i hnd .
drowned duringgthe-Ongagerryit is Tit knevrn,.
but. their !loss Is estimated ..St• lict*een... five
six hundrLd . The decks were coveted with
.the bodi4 Uf the shun,
.and the -water
filled. with droWning. men. The
. f00.e..01. the.
.piretei-arnounted to about Igo teen.,,. The.
pet:feral:mm6o the twelve-pounder float ,h-ciw
.•itz.er, of.t. ieutehant Dahlgren'.s conStruotien,.
gave.gen4ai
,Siltisfaction.
The fAlowinic is a..list-of. the . Ailiericans.
killed ..and wouhded;siz
.Filled.-J _ aliph A.
,Iluloe and 14180...C01,
landsmen .1
- Wounded .;—Lietit... It - Pe th (corn'
mending' the boat),'and Lieut. IL. - .Belande;
. both m 'the hand ; .John Pepper . seaman,.
mortally Benjarnin Adamson; dinkfironsly - ; :.
fete Prudergs ! s"st,s fritethre - of"
limb; F.reSl.4lotn'-
'
mell; do;4 -- P.=)Valder.2-Sehinidt.:do,-IV . M."
Citines, , ordinatiy-eettieseoiisbee-Leivisi- -, sei:
-W Tatyloi, tao4ll . 4ltirtqasti4'.
111 seriously; . TinaltOlethir!eanliuv;i_
Commodore Abbott; reported 'be'. at
a strong
atteolpt to
all read
riapoleoles
net; rarely
men,
, nd rnoved
enlous On.
f theOlpt:
and
met his
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potio r t. BLissEtii...4.'*.bi,ahtiln"-it' t rise s
* . r - " --- • ' 1
:.if a well spring ,p easure,..oo.said. 4. ,. I .! s.
be true; dovernor Wright ntift : bei:tlonsiiteif,:r.,
ed the h4piesti of men. We learn -Oat , hh"
lady . . has recently presented „him with tuio'or
such well.iprings=..one a bo,y, the othcir a girl.
All (W)slc.nr.!i---.1/tdionaeoti.l Sent:i!el.
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• :Theijege f et Siiiiistapstor Wile; ititilcas._ One t ', A.:cola-tun :ckiiiititgrsmoire ruiAiinit 4irt into
of2the greatest Whieli4aa occurred the' - fine-..:.theerit. elipandor•ititO cemeeetrieliefte'37 # l,bee
tials $f .' national I vrittfare.' Therrehtive ,been:- • follows ihitfieevy, dull- .. ..reperc r Wee ow teat,
sieges at which, probably, thiragjilegiiteloss _ of , some geitit,drittn . ,;• - andlhen
~ ee:lnes - the
of
.lifli hai been,greatterl 'eueli,-lor exiitnple;, -* shriltieregioll;t - tte - egilf f its itlit*ribeTi - ta ,
as, the ,siege of Jerusaleti; by' Titritso when,' flitaltiWtTiiiiitinik-ii4th prodigious-re;
according • to ,Jokiphusi: the: Jews-who": is. 10eitr.•incregOng tiPidirliv'erY instant till
.spitel,of, intestine:factions and theriviAlefof , . -,explOtled.-witltAbe•penliertiolse of*" bleat"
fainfilkOolliOttaittnetindy-•iviected all: proposk jilt adifcreaches-itheArcitincl, :__At„, feast , it
:tionsigir surrender--lost ontritillicittonehim-; ought.'iti'...de,•sO;_fbut toelay - .. ,1' Watched the
dyed t - thousand , 'sulk - had one ' hundred . thou:. -Aiello 'ofie after: another ; ' and" only two out of
sand(. take& :,prisoners. • ,Thest,figuees are - three,;liiirstrProeterlyrthaugh the range and,
thought to be exaggerated, - lint -netwilfullt- fl ight :Were'beatitifitliy-accuratcx The Rug-
Ir,. by Jorap4 l 4 l , - *O•is,kenerAlly„ogside..red ;Sian - fasces , era; bad, but - their artillerymen
an , ail thentie writer, , bu t Probably originated pre not _to be excellecr,Whe& their practiee„ is
from *iit efrorsjot
~ the .cupyists,,of .aneient. endiSturhed.' It Wis •inferesting-;--jest - adthe
MSS:,whose . Stile of iepresent,ing , numbers " man !lir Pleashre' in Li - a
-refine liked •tii - seelhe •
6 .Y letters•rendered seek . inistaltoi,eatrenelf -' Sedrege when fiewrer'itot - 'bti board
proltSble.- ,Subseqiient,..trestWOrthy .histori•; , iteethe-efiell.droppitg,- - madiesee our . active „,
ems; however, concur in: believing
_that : . the-:little allies
.scampering away, to .their.eever,
nutither" . - Who , perished at this great siege if and adjusting themselves to thdelosest poedl-
could not have been mach less , than those set Ile. connectio n with mother earth, till the
,forth by .fosefrhus... The siege watt nOt Scr hurling:-masses had tone - by their: - : _'Any
• prottiacted; if•thicloss of life was so iiinch in , Man-With •moileittei ;con fi dence and "exeri-• •
exceii of that Whichhas'oeiurred 'dniing. - ...the. :eneemay despisetroteid-ehatat-long ranger s .
contest which has 'resetitlY terMinited ;with if. he only epee the gun - from which they : come.
the de's — tinetien'of,sthe rc,,,' ethernfortiff4tionß,of . tlicharged2,- Well,.we - .wori't-aay despiee.Ax- - -
Sevii4l4,4l- - ? - '-ined; learieg, the learned' to netly - . but-it' all events " ‘irade.- gut _a. :
•decide'whether such - nil 'even asltlia 'siege or 'shell - is adlithi'ilicaTinvention, Wl:debrid one-
Troyi his over oeeeri l / 4 0,We qneStren Wbetlt- -can , regard. irrtivapproaciseeitelthontd - tertiin
er, iiv - pnint - of dtratiOn, there - is another sim., - - ;degree :of niligiving.-thate atz taegalie..,pi eee , '
ilar b vent; tO compare with the 'siege di_ - ,,Se;" ,
,of . jagged.' ro& ..may•be,iilh' , _ ,throeg4- his-
vast4POl., ;The doepa e ff ect of the capture' off internal le.coneiny.-at the Silo, estlpossible no
this strong . hold On the destiniejef 'the World, 'lice '
efterWard. - "- ' -- • - .
will !depend upon the'. manner which:' the - ••;`lO-`-'ittis-`sent frorir dgun it: es and-roars
s heee i ss is followed -, tip.' '' • .-- ' -,' -'• '. - ',through the air acrd Benda - I ' • fragirientiC•be--
The great military achievement whielf the 'fore it, the cone-70f,,dispersi, ' ', w hi c h- i s .„. t h e
people of England and France are new ..eele- . neat, phrase Used by the, lea e n d, rellitant to .
brating, has no pai-Bilel io'slinilar memorable imply the directien.-of the bts - Of shell; {or
events. Aleibiades-sailed in a powerful fleet,'lts ennients,'Wheri - 4t: is fill-, With bullets..
to lay eie,get to , Syraetrie; but fitiled ;•and - by - -ete:•.) being iti-the4ireetion t e shell his ta
ttle disaster the-military power of Athens per
.en _ froni: the gun,' and: thd-f - • &tents 'beiti;.-
ishedi ' The ',battering-ram, , arroWe, -• slings, propelled wilh a :- ,Por!ifilt. of thicvelocitY a!: -
swords and spears were, the principle weep- . the shelf at the•lli.9l - 9ent. of e. Plosion.-- if , ir.
ons of Warfare then,-as •at former ' and later ediaCharged from, a . mortar t whistlesgen•
periditOf the history '
of the world:, -With the try and delicateliqgiVing.i sq - , eak'stelit;`roie-: _
excePiion of the formidable appliariees'of Ar- now and•thew ildit'riies - to tigrateweie
chimedes
_in repelling the last'famous siege of- vation;&rid then, rushing do • wards-with a
Mareeltis, more 'destructive agents weie„un- -shrill whistle toward.the pole ite,fiegteeet s •
know& in the sieges of biblical' and ;classic, are
_projected . all - around : . , .tally, and bre
''times. The Syracuse!' geometer, one tit, whose propelled merely by the forcetif the berating
wonderful machines
.could. projceit_reeks at, charge: - A. 010. behind a beinb; or ' - ati the ,
t h e eeehl y7 s , ye ss el s eneltiesl the garrisop to-' 'aide-of it, is - j'itSt- as likely to be hit-'s+_l,: - min
repel the,beaiegere until th 6 •:-Pitiee-by lreitPl'e.. - before it'when it htirsts in that - -way; Where
.ery.Was surrendered. •i But ;the inv ' ' 4 ?Il - 0 -t as the,pieces,frein a shell fro"a gun innear--
gunpowder led•tol& coMplete e ejin ; the ly, every instance fly forwardl
so that - it . .,.pnr-•
systeM of ferti fi &itions. - ..Theisi3 re- and son" behind it, or Outside of the - lititifi Of , th.i.
round towers, con s tructed on-the wallsoffor- cone 'n't dispersion is safe. • ale v ss the,Shill
'rifled pities, to enaille the besieged to diseharge.. or bomb_bur!ts_in front of a od 'of_rneti in.
showers - of orr9lV alia.4l,s't-tg..ientl'withi - on.L.. rney be attained by the MCA rowing, thi m ..
The bastion was constructed
. as the nvist du- selves - flat on the ground, in - much.. as the .
rable form of defense against the new- pro- pitices of a shell w,hich bursts On the eartliOly
jectiles. hi the last siege of _Constentkiople. upward from the - point where they encounter
which' continued. from the 6th of April to the 1 the maximum resistance: '
29th Of Mav, 1453, the 'Perk, ...,,,,,,-.1.,-,4 ...-e• 1- . e ,, -
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..„,.„,,,i flw guns, from,,, their , the ground, - o'r"if a'' shell .. e. - Xplede in the airt fo r ,
Size'iiiiil calitre, being objects•of admiratioe front - of _a man,,there is no great safety gUin-•
among the military men even at this-Jay.--- ed by his throwing himself down beyond the,
The Asiatic sultan's, in their AM WO; Pii . p3'pos- consequent reduction of the limonnt of verti
seas themselves of the old Greek-empire i hired - cal exposure. This little .digression: is' tall
adventurous ,spirits front all quarters.,ol. Eu- apropo s .pf the conduct of oar allies whieli 'I
rope, imiluding the ferocious bands ellausto• have jtist mentionek , and is made in ordei-to
vy, to aid theta by their teienta'and seiyiees. l explain the rationale of their proesedinga.„-,• It
flussianbarbarism also
ieeka iliiißam?ild hi 1 is rather an unpleasant reflection . whenever
the pipsecution of its attibitioue ',fest ne.-4 , &els discusiing, - the range; Of apiisoie z and
The capture of Coustantinople Was inuyiedi r ' is - perhapit - eiclaiming,*.!tThere is ` a
splendid
atelv followed by the
,removal of, IlaiLornet shot." 'that it mar hare . carried misery rind
and ,his court from Asia - to that city.:' l'he ' sorrow - into some happy `household ; •"•The
Turks' had now acquired' a secure rooting in smoke - clears awkiyi the
,men . get "tip,. - they
Europe, and' for two hundred years ,pursued•gathei round - one
.that moves iiiit;ar- Wiwi is•
a career Of conquest nntil 'ultimately relielled' - racked... With Mortal
_aptly t they lieir'him
Troia the walls of Vienna. - The"capture Offaway; a . inere black speck; aedalei ihoir j elh•
'Constantirople VMS an event - of as
. inuelitinter 'cif trod mark_ for a - little time ' the,' reitine•
eat and importaece ill - its consequeeees its any place of the'POOr Soldier, wbosawife-Or•Moth
which had occurred diirin,g - several eenthries ' er, or children, Or.sisters, are left destitetelof:
The,crude noti , MS of fortifications which had - all soliee; - dive reemery and - the simptitlw
hitherto prevailed. were formulated iritO, - gys:; of _their country, - "One
~,sifelt 'little 'peck I
terniyand perfected by-further inientiolis byl i Watched idelay, and saw quietly deptisited
the celebrated Vauban, - who, during the ,. wars on the ground insides trench." , Who will let
of Louis XIV, constructed thirtpthree new t the inmates•Of that desolate cottagelo roar
fortresses, repaired amid improved one; hunj, dy; or"Gaicon - y, or'Anjoii know of their
Bred, and projected about - fifty siege 4 and nee-eine& ? However, there goes 'Another
who the author of the. irresistible t4y,steitt shell, and it doei nothing - but "iooCk iipl a
of attack which has since been successfully; cloud Of anew and dust.--f-Coriespridence 'of
,!lowed. , "1 - '-_ . ' ', the'LOnclon* 7i:rtes.'. • , , 1 •
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Hurricane at Doylestown, Ps i - '. ',,
On Sunday last our tovritwas visited by an& I
of the highest winds known in this vicinity ford`
some tittle. It arose just after sunrise, and byl
9 o'elt‘tek had become so fierce that old fenees
twisted and tin roofs rattled consideralq. in
a short-time the'greatag ricultural eihibitioh,
bitilding began to weave eirt.les in theme andji
rock to and fro like-a huge vessel on thg .a-a-;1
ter. 'At-ten o'eleck, the wind hadso hteriased i
as toy stave in, the north side ot, the West Wing,l
one hundred feet limg, and down it'eaisewithil
merish that "wits heard toosmile di.ltui*in the.!!,
counify. ,In 4,ttort.titne the e.s.st witig.. l one:
hundred, feet long, began, tt;i:sbovr Sips . (4 gi I,-
lug up the ship ; it reeled and nicked lindreel-
ed in air like soinething,CrAy, and sitt,last - I
it fell With a tremenduous,eraSh---4
,elond of
dUst and smoke riiing in triumph overl the
runts. The center wings on the north I and"
south sides'soort tottered and fell With treinew- I,
duous crashes, and the whole btillding,)two ,
htindi'ed and filly feet long by fifty'feet wide,-
and its two wings; each- fifty 'lett squarei lay;
in one confused and, indescribable "mass' of
ruins: Tito sight was hgrand one, Slid lwas
witnessed by
"hundreds of cur eitiiens; ',the
news
flew with the rapidity of the Wind, and
durin,stbe afternmat the spot-Where:the fain
' °us building had reared its head - in , triiimph'
WM visited altrinifby thousands who cant o in
'from the Surrounding emintr7: The:building
AVIII to glitiVtly to the hurricarte.beicire,:.lo
- and 111 less" than'three gunners 'or wi
i'hour there Was a - remelt' of tnittitt and an ':4911.
1 of worlds that astonished thebetintdifs.'‘"the
wit Cif the building :was - aboilftWellq: ht,
ru i s
thousand 'dollars; ltlid eiunOi n•We - - ing
:force ow- thelhechanienand others ~.who N'Pre;
'enipleyed niOut it and furnished material( fur
i its constrimtien.— 10y stoups - P a orrak
'74fikiltal iitaift..l:44•Aooldtiot—trii 1 of
wan:
, . . . ,
10, ~..:-_ Two4ti Lives Loot.,
*ibirkNov.,* r _4ll4 exporsioil Arai of
;eleyett m 11 1 1,11 4 .4 r,le.ft harp : y*444o:i toy lilt',
tetirate the opeping or the eiteifie - Reitnia4 to
iJefreteeti City.,,titet.witha tnast frightful ~ Aeci...
Aeut, at thograsixfiiiide river, , 10q:elites,:*4
ka,', t hieciik, . .4t,, , Ow Vain'. wAs, oroliingi , thei!
`bridge;,.fel!, precipitating feu 44 Alle Vir l 4.-,.vith
Vtulnr_tnisoengsral ;wady thirty rept , into the
riTet . .;There - erere uriwar44 o f-sYP:rt 441 11 ) 'red -1
ile4-14iir,op_Akti..traiti,,, inetuslittg l ropny:„ 4. our.
first cipzewf. _upwar4s:4lYl4l-Y',.,artkretkArt
•44,...iiitiedi and fro4i;weliv t ,to.L oft jmotti,t
wounded.; - 1 11144N:RttceNitirtit.:PlikrZoi*
( cei of the r 044, WAS killed,- ; . I :rherr were. reis i .
if fl q strangers, on tho train. -- .
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Too I.4ssast. FOR _
saturusi I
was epdeayering to esplain t.. 0 one lof rnißab.
bath school sekolSrs, a boy,of fitre Orsis..yei,rs
o ' f-nge the manner in which the
.snner.
clotbed -*lth,: the righteousneto oft , Chrise,,be
.catne accepted, by Glod. No); Tim,' Orli!,
what cvlur, is that:walll' I
White,- sir,' be replied., .
look throngh' these. gree spectacles,
and ‘what color does it, appear r ;
• s',Grqen, - *- • , -
'.lut. is the really green or does it, only
seem so Oc.c.ause...you are tbrougka
_green glass `le_
It is : sWhite and only ;Itioks grecitarom tbk
.spectacles.', -- • 1
yeri, well now.., .;Tnst sb with Goalikil
man, Are,no!,:aPPen•sitine-rBl'
Yes, -
.And don't qv ,
brougb
, .Wplir;.*; , i, _if*.ll6 9 .k.,.,iiid.Obro Mei
kitifectio4s.o.eCti4i4,llf.iw4 , .welOpegl''
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-• A .1314SSINO TAXPOUNTItro---A lady now
on a, yisitl2o" Paris, Tennessee, lauo written to,
a friend bira some particulars of 4 reniarka
hleend, most. exemplary matron off that vicin.
its; Which particulars have been COTIIMICS
_ica to. etas worthy of a place in our *Amnia.
mairmiin qUestion is a Mrs. D,—i:now
ii yearaZia,.. She bad twenty-three
-tivOgSbildiTM
n, d. prayed to thoigOod Lord
to give har,,,one,more, to make theirtimid. and
goodly : ininber_of two dozen. Besides3hese,
,'-ehe has raised fourteen orpliairchil4rion. A T, Sho
hiti;edwisted thirty ehildralowit soda
4inrtion of the 'orphans-70d, : for. l 4 lll 4Yea
ont_nineteen, children 4,4 schotitia Paria, add
=theirdianeralyitb4henuf' :Sh. - 4m4 that nano
-of those-44i tia!rettiedloltiduca`te4 hive ever
cis CIT ttiOniSett!fic - r
all,mavied,welt and rich. ,; „The boSlutie all
of her ‘ol*Ph'in:lros*PS-hilk
- hien in:Oingrese, - siverak otharit„,,ni thelttate,
-Legislatitre %Amara sundry CUiPlie* Are..
Aimpnik,tAttyv i i-,a151,411): *pi - highly *liKttabl e :
•,Wololly ak* , Oc!, ikletid,whO conunu
4 - nfils•theat-Oir.oo 4 trs thAk.they'arc,
irathiaPilb!icatiOn•--i.bidian*Ut.lour.
•-`
~ilgerTbirltitsdelphtslotsii, p reay. s gpot the
tblitt4Aikl haY 4- 4; ol 4,lttut
,o*o - 11 4---PYrWuk l .9f,„gsttittg
ilettehm*epdygb io.Aqop qp thew,tusteess,
The tidies hipe put the whole etoelc'ert
. lutu4
into their pettieoatl, ,
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